Balkan crime syndicates exploited Bosnia’s fragile institutions to forge identities and acquire passports

Balkan crime syndicates exploited Bosnia’s fragile institutions to forge identities and acquire passports

In a troubling revelation from the heart of the Balkans, a major investigative report has exposed how organized crime syndicates systematically exploited institutional weaknesses in Bosnia and Herzegovina to forge identities and obtain legitimate passports. The scheme, detailed by the Center for Investigative Reporting (CIN), shows that dozens of violent criminals linked to the region’s most powerful gangs-namely the Kavač and Škaljari clans-use…